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language of flowers

language of flowers noun: secret communication through the use of flowers; floriography.

Noun

language of flowers

  1. Secret communication through the use of flowers; floriography.
    • Perhaps she just looked first into the bouquet, to see whether there was a billet-doux hidden among the flowers; but there was no letter. "Do they talk the language of flowers at Boggley Wollah, Sedley?" asked Osborne, laughing.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “The Green Silk Purse”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 31

Questions about language of flowers

What does language of flowers mean?
Language of flowers means secret communication through the use of flowers; floriography.
What part of speech is language of flowers?
Language of flowers is a noun.

Words near language of flowers in the dictionary

  1. language learning
  2. language model
  3. language models
  4. language nest
  5. language nests
  6. language of flowers
  7. language organ
  8. language planning
  9. language police
  10. language replacement
  11. language replacements

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